#sane privilege

[rachymarie]

Does anyone else get the ick from Miley Cyrus' lyrics "I know I used to be crazy that's cos I used to be young"

Like hello us actual crazy folks don't get the privilege of "growing out of it" it's not just a quirky phase it's our life. But still people are praising her for this song. And no-one's talked about the problematic nature of the messaging there.

Do better

[21st-century-flapper]

Shut up, why don't you

You know what makes me really really angry? When someone tells a mentally ill person to "suck it up", often followed by "other people have it worse than you" or "and deal with it".

First off, I don't care if other people have it worse than me. Newsflash, people dying of starvation do not make my MI magically go away. And thinking about them doesn't make me feel better. In fact, it makes me feel worse, both by reminding me of how crap this world is, and then by reminding me how crap I am for feeling the way I feel.

And second, I can't just deal with it, or suck it up. If I could deal with it the same way a non-mentally ill and/or neurotypical person could, I wouldn't have gotten this nice little certificate that says "bipolar II for life" on it. Me not being able to deal is the fucking definition of mental illness. So telling me to just deal with it is like telling a beached fish to just breathe.

So the next time you want to say this to a person with a mental illness, or even a person you don't know well enough to know if they have one or not - just don't. Doing so would turn you into an abelist asshat, and you know what, that's something you can actually do something about! So take your own advice and suck it up.

[femmeshepard]

About what I just reblogged -

I'm not fond of the term "sane" privilege. While it's technically applicable, mental illness or instability does not necessarily render someone "insane", and it's kind of cruel to assume so.

Maybe I'm being too sensitive but honestly I spend enough time telling myself, "I'm not insane, I'm not insane, I'm not insane," that I don't need people who are supposedly on my side and feel my pain telling me that I am. 

[jemthecrystalgem]

Sane privilege is having a "bad day" last only 24 hours.